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Mad Women: Kornblee, Jackson, Saidenberg, and Ward | Art Dealers on Madison Avenue in the 1960s

Rosalyn Drexler, Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health, 1967.

Sept 8 – Oct 22, 2022
24 E 81st St 4th floor, New York, NY 10028

It’s not often that a gallery exhibition is about the gallerists themselves, but this one is. “Mad Women” tells the story of four pioneering female gallerists who opened spaces along Madison Avenue in the 1950s and 60s—and changed the art world. Jill Kornblee, Martha Jackson, Eleanore Saidenberg, and Eleanor Ward all headed galleries that were just blocks from one another. With passion and courage these four women represented both definitive and maverick artists. This exhibition explores their lasting and interwoven legacies. —Clara Molot

Photo courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery